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Friday, December 30, 2022
Test Your Skills on an 18th Century Deed
Let's do something different this week. Let's put your skills to the test!
The images listed below are two pieces of same deed from the Nathan Brown brick wall case. As some of you may recall, Nathan Brown is Geoff Rasmussen's ancestor. This deed was one of the documents that was uncovered as we built a case for his parents being Jeriamiah Brown and Rebeckah Miller.
This should be considered an intermediate challenge.
In this document, particularly in the first image, you will see use of the long 's' which looks like an f.
See if you can answer the questions. The answers will be posted in one week, on Thursday, August 22, 2019.]
Want to try the Skill Challenge ? Go to: https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2019/08/test-your-skills-on-an-18th-century-deed.html
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